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Discussion Groups / English Usage / April 2007Comparison of Adjective
Assume that today is 100F, yesterday was 95F. That means today is hotter than yesterday. But what if I want to express that yesterday was less hot ( OR less hotter) than today. What is correct? LESS HOT or LESS HOTTER? Thank you. >Assume that today is 100F, yesterday was 95F. That means today is >hotter than yesterday. But what if I want to express that yesterday >was less hot ( OR less hotter) than today. >What is correct? LESS HOT or LESS HOTTER? Less Hotter is completely wrong. Less Hot is OK, though you will usually hear it said in other ways. Yesterday was just a little cooler. It's not as hot as yesterday. It's hotter today than yesterday. >> Assume that today is 100F, yesterday was 95F. That means today is >> hotter than yesterday. But what if I want to express that yesterday >> was less hot ( OR less hotter) than today. >> What is correct? LESS HOT or LESS HOTTER? > Less Hotter is completely wrong. > Less Hot is OK ... Agreed, and I would use it. > though you will usually hear it said in other ways. > Yesterday was just a little cooler. I would consider this jocular. You can't say seriously "cooler" unless you're talking about temperatures that are cool. > It's not as hot as yesterday. This is backwards. It should be "Yesterday was not as hot as today." > It's hotter today than yesterday. This is possible.  SignatureMark Brader, Toronto | The real trouble with this world of ours is... that msb@vex.net | it is nearly reasonable, but not quite. --Chesterton My text in this article is in the public domain. >>> Assume that today is 100F, yesterday was 95F. That means today is >>> hotter than yesterday. But what if I want to express that yesterday [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > I would consider this jocular. You can't say seriously "cooler" > unless you're talking about temperatures that are cool. It's relative; not necessarily jocular. If you are somewhere that most days are100F or more, and yesterday was 95F, then 'cooler' sounds correct. SignatureRegards John for mail: my initials plus a u e at tpg dot com dot au Mark Brader skribis: > >> Assume that today is 100F, yesterday was 95F. That means today is > >> hotter than yesterday. > > though you will usually hear it said in other ways. > > Yesterday was just a little cooler. > > I would consider this jocular. You can't say seriously "cooler" > unless you're talking about temperatures that are cool. Unless you live in Phoenix, where 100?F is cool, so 95? is even cooler. At 105?, it's edging up toward warm, and at 110, it's there. 115? is hot, and 120? is too hot. -- Stefano >Mark Brader skribis: > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] >cooler. At 105°, it's edging up toward warm, and at 110, it's there. >115° is hot, and 120° is too hot. One summer in Dallas, a "cold" front came through and dropped the temperature ten whole degrees--to 100°F. (IIRC, it was the summer of 1999.) SignatureAl in St. Lou >>> Assume that today is 100F, yesterday was 95F. That means today is >>> hotter than yesterday. But what if I want to express that >>> yesterday was less hot ( OR less hotter) than today. What is >>> correct? LESS HOT or LESS HOTTER? [snip] >> Yesterday was just a little cooler. > > I would consider this jocular. You can't say seriously "cooler" > unless you're talking about temperatures that are cool. I wouldn't it consider it either jocular or unusual. I wouldn't say "colder", but "cooler", for me, applies all to the entire range (or at least the entire range north of "cold"). SignatureEvan Kirshenbaum +------------------------------------ HP Laboratories |There are just two rules of 1501 Page Mill Road, 1U, MS 1141 |governance in a free society: Mind Palo Alto, CA 94304 |your own business. Keep your hands |to yourself. kirshenbaum@hpl.hp.com | P.J. O'Rourke (650)857-7572 http://www.kirshenbaum.net/ > Assume that today is 100F, yesterday was 95F. That means today is > hotter than yesterday. But what if I want to express that yesterday > was less hot ( OR less hotter) than today. > What is correct? LESS HOT or LESS HOTTER? "Less hotter" is not OK. "Less hot" is OK, but "not as hot" is probably more idiomatic. -- |
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